The lovely village sign of West Hallam has representations of three coats of arms connected with former residents of the village. Unlike many village signs, this is not in the centre of the old village, but rather next to the main crossroads taking you to the village centre from the main Ilkeston to Belper Road.
This is a puzzle cache. The cache is not at the published coordinates, and you do not have to visit there.
There are two parts to the puzzle:
1. A jigsaw of the village sign.
2. Once you have completed the jigsaw, you will be given some further information, from which you will need to do some research to find the coordinates for the cache.
The cache is a 10 to 15 minutes’ walk from the posted/parking waypoint – the route to the cache can get very muddy.
About Village Sign Caches
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This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).
The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!
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More information, bookmarks and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website
If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do.
I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk
so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.